Following on from yesterday’s ‘background’ post, I thought I’d make a go at putting my money where my mouth is, and suggest some ideas for how we might look at bike congestion as a concept in itself (rather than just ask how car congestion affects bikes and pedestrians, which I … Continue reading →

The London Assembly is currently holding an enquiry into traffic congestion in London, and I’ve been asked to give evidence in front of the Transport Committee. I’ve done so several times before, and I’ve been impressed by the level of debate: it’s definitely something you need to prepare for! So … Continue reading →

June/July was my North American holiday/tour (speaking at Portland and Vancouver: great to meet North American academics, advocates, practitioners and policy-makers). On my return I visited Cornwall (really interesting to think about cycling potential and policy in a hilly and often rural context) and I’ve got a few more talks … Continue reading →

So I wrote something on the Begg report. I had been resisting it – others have critiqued its assumptions and in particular highlighted its inaccurate claims about cycling. But the issues the report tackles are important, and I hope that despite its flaws, it can prompt us towards a more … Continue reading →

We have a London Cycle Network. But how much of it is actually cycleable? Scrap that, how much of the entire London street network is cycleable? This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’d love to have a map of the whole of London’s street network (plus … Continue reading →

So, I’ve been working on measuring rat-running. It’s more complicated than you’d think, largely because our tools, our models, the way we collect and analyse data, were generally set up to support private motorised transport, not to analyse its adverse impacts. (Petter Naess has a nice piece on this here). … Continue reading →

Article published in Local Transport Today, 5th February Physics tells us that faster-moving motor vehicles pose more risk to pedestrians and cyclists. This is backed up by research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine showing that London’s 20mph zones succeed in reducing casualties. And across the country … Continue reading →

A thought piece inspired by the work of Sally Cairns, Phil Goodwin, David Metz and others. I will also be gathering together and sharing material about ‘disappearing traffic’, as I get time. For some time now there has been plenty of evidence, and an associated academic consensus, about the negative … Continue reading →

Cycling is not equitably distributed across the UK population. While men and women walk around the same amount, and walking participation only declines slightly with age, the picture for cycling is very different. Statistics from the DfT suggest only one in thirty English women over 65 does any cycling – … Continue reading →